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Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 26, All Grown Up: Childhood Rebooted

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In which, Tracy, Andrew, Kyle, and Shane McNulty converse about stuff from our childhoods that has been rebooted, specifically Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, and GI Joe.  We also get a little sidetracked into discussions of Game of ThronesHannibal, Blair Witch Project, and whether or not Jason Statham is actually a good actor.  Shane would also like to shout out to his niece Rhiana for getting into Harvard!

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Why I’m Reading Shorter Fiction

This past summer I successfully read Dune for the first time after at least ten failed attempts. In part, I think those earlier aborted attempts were due to my failure to connect with the book, but there was definitely another factor that definitely had an impact:  the length. The version of Dune that I finished was nearly 800 pages long and required a serious time commitment on my part. Fortunately for me, I was working nights for a while and had some time on my hands but that was not my normal schedule. Though I enjoyed the book, I came to one inescapable conclusion: it was way too long. Continue reading

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Discovering Classic Science Fiction

When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of science fiction and since then not much has changed. I’m still a massive sci-fi geek and quite proud of it. What has changed is my taste in sci-fi. As a kid, I preferred books packed with action, spaceships, and explosions—things that were cool and I recognized from movies. Now that I’m older I have found myself exploring more of what would be described as ‘classic science fiction’ and I’ve had to ask myself why it took so long. Continue reading

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Review: Alien: River of Pain

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Watching Aliens, the one question that comes to mind more than any other is what happened to the colonists on LV-426. Most of them ended up as face-hugger fodder, but how did things go from life as normal to unimaginable horror? The new book from Titan Books Alien: River of Pain tells readers exactly what happened, in all of its terrifying detail. Continue reading

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